cylinder

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Synonyms: cinder, calender, blinder, clinker, clinger, byliner, flinder, colander, cylinders, bylander, calander

Antonyms: cinder, calender, blinder, clinker, clinger, byliner, flinder, colander, cylinders, bylander, calander

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|geometry}} A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. {{C|en|Surfaces}}
2. {{lb|en|geometry}} A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
3. Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
4. A [[cylindrical]] cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
5. {{senseid|en|Q245656}}{{lb|en|automotive}} The space in which a [[piston]] travels inside a [[reciprocating engine]] or [[pump]].
6. {{senseid|en|container for gas}} A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a {{l|en|gas cylinder}}.
7. An early form of phonograph recording, made on a [[wax cylinder]].
8. {{senseid|en|Q1364476}} The part of a [[revolver#English:_Q170382|revolver]] that contains [[chamber]]s for the [[cartridge]]s.
9. {{lb|en|computing}} The corresponding [[track]]s on a [[vertical]] arrangement of [[disk]]s in a [[disk drive]] considered as a unit of [[data]] [[capacity]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[calender]]; to press (paper, etc.) between [[roller]]s to make it [[glossy]].

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